Updated: February, 2022
This repository presents a summary of landcover (LC) classification for Indian cities. The raw data is available from European Space Agency (ESA)’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI) program, which delivers a new time series of 24 consistent classification maps at 300 m spatial resolution on an annual basis for 1992-2020. In the animations (below) for Ahmedabad, Delhi, Durgapur, and Bengaluru, 24 classes were clubbed into 5 categories for simplification. Global database can be viewed here and downloaded here.
For all the cities under NCAP, data is extracted for a box of 0.4 x 0.4 degrees (~40km x 40km) with the city’s GIS centroid in the middle, to demonstrate the change in the major landcover classifications. This data acts as a proxy for (a) the rate of urbanization (b) the growing demand for construction material and (c) the growing demand for commercial and residential amenities.
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The table below presents landcover animation of 1992-2020 for 132 non-attainment cities. To view the animation, click on the link and to save the animation, right click and save.
S.No. | State | City | GIF Animations | GIS Shapefiles |
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1 | Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | Chitoor | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
3 | Andhra Pradesh | Eluru | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
4 | Andhra Pradesh | Guntur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
5 | Andhra Pradesh | Kadapa | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
6 | Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
7 | Andhra Pradesh | Nellore | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
8 | Andhra Pradesh | Ongole | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
9 | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
10 | Andhra Pradesh | Srikakulam | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
11 | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
12 | Andhra Pradesh | Vishakhapatnam | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
13 | Andhra Pradesh | Vizianagaram | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
14 | Assam | Guwahati | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
15 | Assam | Nagaon | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
16 | Assam | Nalbari | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
17 | Assam | Sibsagar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
18 | Assam | Silchar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
19 | Bihar | Gaya | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
20 | Bihar | Muzaffarpur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
21 | Bihar | Patna | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
22 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
23 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
24 | Chhattisgarh | Korba | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
25 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
26 | Delhi | Delhi | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
27 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
28 | Gujarat | Rajkot | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
29 | Gujarat | Surat | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
30 | Gujarat | Vadodara | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
31 | Haryana | Faridabad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
32 | Himachal Pradesh | Baddi | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
33 | Himachal Pradesh | Damtal | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
34 | Himachal Pradesh | KalaAmb | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
35 | Himachal Pradesh | Nalagarh | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
36 | Himachal Pradesh | Paonta Sahib | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
37 | Himachal Pradesh | Parwanoo | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
38 | Himachal Pradesh | SunderNagar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
39 | Jammu | Jammu | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
40 | Jammu | Srinagar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
41 | Jharkhand | Dhanbad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
42 | Jharkhand | Jamshedpur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
43 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
44 | Karnataka | Bangalore | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
45 | Karnataka | Devanagere | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
46 | Karnataka | Gulburga | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
47 | Karnataka | Hubli-Dharwad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
48 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
49 | Madhya Pradesh | Dewas | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
50 | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
51 | Madhya Pradesh | Indore | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
52 | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
53 | Madhya Pradesh | Sagar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
54 | Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
55 | Maharashtra | Akola | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
56 | Maharashtra | Amravati | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
57 | Maharashtra | Aurangabad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
58 | Maharashtra | Badlapur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
59 | Maharashtra | Chandrapur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
60 | Maharashtra | Jalgaon | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
61 | Maharashtra | Jalna | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
62 | Maharashtra | Kolhapur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
63 | Maharashtra | Latur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
64 | Maharashtra | Mumbai | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
65 | Maharashtra | Nagpur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
66 | Maharashtra | Nashik | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
67 | Maharashtra | Navi Mumbai | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
68 | Maharashtra | Pune | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
69 | Maharashtra | Sangli | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
70 | Maharashtra | Solapur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
71 | Maharashtra | Thane | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
72 | Maharashtra | Ulhasnagar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
73 | Maharashtra | Vasai Virar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
74 | Meghalaya | Byrnihat | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
75 | Nagaland | Dimapur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
76 | Nagaland | Kohima | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
77 | Orissa | Angul | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
78 | Orissa | Balasore | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
79 | Orissa | Bhubaneswar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
80 | Orissa | Cuttack | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
81 | Orissa | Kalinga Nagar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
82 | Orissa | Rourkela | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
83 | Orissa | Talcher | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
84 | Punjab | Amritsar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
85 | Punjab | DeraBassi | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
86 | Punjab | Gobindgarh | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
87 | Punjab | Jalandhar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
88 | Punjab | Khanna | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
89 | Punjab | Ludhiana | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
90 | Punjab | Naya Nangal | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
91 | Punjab | Pathankot | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
92 | Punjab | Patiala | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
93 | Rajasthan | Alwar | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
94 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
95 | Rajasthan | Jodhpur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
96 | Rajasthan | Kota | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
97 | Rajasthan | Udaipur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
98 | Tamilnadu | Chennai | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
99 | Tamilnadu | Madurai | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
100 | Tamilnadu | Thoothukudi | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
101 | Tamilnadu | Trichy | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
102 | Telangana | Hyderabad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
103 | Telangana | Nalgonda | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
104 | Telangana | Patancheruvu | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
105 | Telangana | Sangareddy | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
106 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
107 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
108 | Uttar Pradesh | Anpara | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
109 | Uttar Pradesh | Bareily | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
110 | Uttar Pradesh | Firozabad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
111 | Uttar Pradesh | Gajraula | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
112 | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
113 | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
114 | Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
115 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
116 | Uttar Pradesh | Khurja | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
117 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
118 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
119 | Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
120 | Uttar Pradesh | Noida | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
121 | Uttar Pradesh | Raebareli | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
122 | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
123 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
124 | Uttarakhand | Kashipur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
125 | Uttarakhand | Rishikesh | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
126 | West Bengal | Asansol | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
127 | West Bengal | Barrackpore | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
128 | West Bengal | Durgapur | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
129 | West Bengal | Haldia | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
130 | West Bengal | Howrah | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
131 | West Bengal | Kolkata | GIF anime | Shapefiles |
132 | West Bengal | Raniganj | GIF anime | Shapefiles |